Shoe.



F. H. LATINVILLE! SHOE. APPLICATION LED JUNE 14 1915.

1,172,467, Patented Feb. 22,1916.

THE COLUMBIA PMNOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON, D. t

UNITED STATES PATENT onnrcn.

FRANK H. LATINVILLE, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'IO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A GOREOR ATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 22, 1916.-

Application filed June 14, 1915. Serial No. 33,956. Y

[0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. LATIN- vILLu, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements'in Shoes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to boots and-shoes and more particularly to improvementsin the type of shoes known as plain toe shoes which have a vamp extending in one piece over the entire toe portion of the shoe. In the manufacture of this type of shoe it is impractical to secure the box toe materials to the vamp by through and through stitches or to form a pocket to receive such materials as is done in making the styles of shoes in which a toe tip is sewed to the vamp since the stitches for securing the box toe materials would appear on the outside of the vamp and thus spoil the desired effect of the plain toe of the shoe. It is also unsatisfactory to cement the box toe materials to the vamp because the cement often stains the vamp and sometimes so stilfens it as to prevent it from being properly lasted and, moreover, cement is not a permanent fastening but allows the box toe materials to work loose during the wear of the shoe. The usual practice is to place the box toe materials loosely between the vamp and the shoe lining. This practice, however, is far from satisfactory because while the shoe is being pulled-over or being lasted the box toe materials frequently become displaced rela tively to the vamp and lining thus requiring the pulling-over machine operator or the laster to stop and re-position the box toe materials. Such displacement detracts from the appearance of the finished shoe and sometimes produces a distorted condition of the box toe materials within the shoe which is not readily discovered during the manufacture of the shoe or which renders the shoe uncomfortable to the wearer.

The present invention'has for an object to improve the appearance andthe fit of plain toe shoes and enable such shoes to be manufactured more expeditiously and with greater uniformity than the present practice permits. This is accomplished by per manently securing the box toe materials against displacement'in the toe of the shoe by fastening means herein shown as single faced stitches which do not'detract from the appearance of a plain toe shoe. The stitches extend through the box toe materials along .the upper transversely extending edge of the materials and extend from the inside face of the vamp only partially through the vamp leaving the outer surface of the vamp uninterrupted and unbroken.

An important feature of the invention consists in a shoe having a vamp which extends in one piece over the entire toe portion of the shoecombined with box toe materials permanently secured to the inner side of the vamp bYlTlQfiIlS'WhlCll extend through a portion'of the vamp but do not appear on the outer surface of the vamp.

Other objects and features of the invention will appear from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings and will then be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vamp in which the invention is embodied in the preferred form; Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective illustrating the manner of securing the box toe materials to a vamp; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 2 represents the style of vamp used in the manufacture of plain toe shoes and to which the present invention is particularly applicable. This style of vamp extends in one piece over the entire toe portion of the shoe and forms an uninterrupted or unbroken surface for the forepart of the shoe.

In accordance with this invention the box toe materials herein shown as comprising a sheet 4t of stiffening material and a cover piece 6, are properly positioned between the vamp 2 and the shoe lining 8, the upper edge of the sheet 4: and its cover piece extending transversely across the toe portion of the vamp in the usual manner. The box toe materials are secured by blind or single faced stitches 12 along their upper edges 10 to the inner side of the vamp 2, as shown in Fig. 2. These stitches 12 extend from the inside face of the vamp only partially through the vamp thus leaving the outer surface of the vamp uninterrupted and unbroken. This operation may be performed upon any of the well known blind stitch sewing machines now in use and at little additional cost to the manufacturer. With the box toe-materials permanently secured to the vamp before the shoe upper is assembled on the last, no further attention on the part of the operator is required during later operations on the'shoe to prevent the box toe materials from being displaced in the shoe with the result that the shoe is handled and operated upon more readily and with greater facility than the present.

practice permits. Furthermore the finished shoes present a more shapely and uniform appearance and they are more comfortable for the wearer. Also the outer surface of the vamp at the toe remains unbroken and uninterrupted so that the desired plain toe effect for the toe portion of the shoeis secured.

Having described. my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A shoe having a vamp which extends in one piece over the entire toe portion of 3. A shoe havinga vamp which extends. in one piece over the entire toe portion of the shoe, box toe materials positioned on said vamp and having an upperedge extending transversely of the vamp, and single: taced stitches permanently SeCUIHlg; said box toematerials to said vamp along said transversely extending edge.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANK H- LATINVILLE:

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